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Saturday, July 07, 2007

Death of a Sahrawi prisoner in a clinic in Agadir

El-Ayoune - Western SaharaFriday July 6, 2007

Death of a Sahrawi prisoner in a clinic in Agadir

The Sahrawi prisoner, Mr. Dada Ali Ould Hamma Ould Nafaa, born in 1976 in El-Ayoune, died today Friday July 6, 2007, in a clinic in Agadir, following a disease. This Sahrawi prisoner was imprisoned with the local prison of Ait Melloul (Agadir - Morocco) after being condemned to two years of firm prison. We point out that this prisoner suffered from a disease and had not received the necessary care on the suitable moment following a negligence of the penitentiary direction.While presenting its sincere condolences to the family of lost, the asvdh alarms, once more, the international opinion on the gravity of the situation of the Sahrawi prisoners in the Moroccan prisons what requires an international campaign for the improvement of their situation.This death is an alarm to act before other similar cases reproduce. On this subject, we recall the situation of the Sahrawi students imprisoned with the local prison of Salé who started a hunger strike since June 10, 2007.And in relation to the topic the Sahrawi detainees within Moroccan prisons, the Sahrawi political prisoners, Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed BARKOUH, Mr. Mouloud Mohamed Ahmed BARKOUH and Mr. Khalihenna Sheikh Ali Dlaimi, imprisoned in the black prison of El-Ayoune, will start a first hunger strike for 48 hours, demanding :1- To be isolated from the common right prisoners, and be gathered with the rest of the Sahrawi political prisoners2- To profit from the right to information and communication3- To profit form the right to balanced nutrition4- To profit from the right to medical treatment5- Open visits for families and friendsWe point out that these Sahrawi political prisoners had been arrested in Smara on June 26, 2007.